View 4K Videos on Xbox One S through 4K TV

Now that we know the Xbox One S is on the way and will have 4K video capacity with HDR as well, a couple questions still remain. This new version of the Xbox One will also support 4K video and Ultra HD Blu-ray, with an updated Xbox One controller with a textured back, Bluetooth support, and extended range. The system also includes an IR blaster, which allows for TV control without a Kinect unit. Came upon issues playing a 4K Video file on Xbox One S through 4K TV? Trying to figure out a solution to make 4K movies playable on Xbox One S for 4K TV? Congratulations, you are in the right place. This post presents a workaround to let Xbox One S series read 4K Video files.

Xbox One S couldn’t recognize 4K Video files for 4K TV

However, although Xbox One S supports 4K movie streaming, there’s video format/codec incompatibility problem. Currently, 4K content could presumably use either H.264 or H.265 for encoding, while Xbox One S probably won’t support H.265. Moreover, even if it supports H.264, the video format problem remains: today, most of 4K movies are recorded in MXF/RAW/XAVC, etc. format which the Xbox One S does not support.

Here I’d like to show you the simplest and fastest way to play 4K Videos on Xbox One S for 4K TV. All you need is a good Xbox One S Video Converter to help you convert 4K Videos on Xbox One S without losing any quality.

Part I: 4K on Xbox One S technical requirements

These are the specific requirements behind each 4K and HDR mode. Check these against your TV manual to see what your TV supports.

TV resolution

Your TV must support the following requirements in order to upscale the system and non-native content to 4K:

Feature

Requirements

4K @ 60 Hz

Resolution: 3840 x 2160p

Refresh rate: 60 Hz

Watching movies & TV

Your TV must support the following requirements to switch to specific 4K or HDR modes on demand for movie and TV content:

Feature

Requirements

4K @ 24 Hz

Resolution: 3840 x 2160p

Refresh rate: 24 Hz

Color depth: 30 bits per pixel (10-bit)

Pixel encoding: 4:4:4

4K @ 50 Hz

Resolution: 3840 x 2160p

Refresh rate: 50 Hz

Color depth: 30 bits per pixel (10-bit)

Pixel encoding: 4:2:0

4K @ 60 Hz

Resolution: 3840 x 2160p

Refresh rate: 60 Hz

Color depth: 30 bits per pixel (10-bit)

Pixel encoding: 4:2:0

HDR

Your TV must support the HDR10 media profile:

BT2020 color space or gamut

High Dynamic Range (ST2084)

Some TV manufacturers may call this something else. For example, “HDR Premium” or “Ultra HD Premium.”

Playing games

Your TV must support the following requirements to switch to 4K or HDR on demand for games:

Feature

Requirements

4K @ 60 Hz

Resolution: 3840 x 2160p

Refresh rate: 60 Hz

Color depth: 30 bits per pixel (10-bit)

Pixel encoding: 4:2:0

HDR

Your TV must support the HDR10 media profile:

BT2020 color space or gamut

High Dynamic Range (ST2084)

Some TV manufacturers may call this something else. For example, “HDR Premium” or “Ultra HD Premium.”

To solve the Xbox One S 4K streaming problem and freely play 4K movie with Xbox One S for 4K TV, the best solution is to convert 4K video to Xbox One S/4K TV most friendly formats. And for this, a third-party 4K video converter app is needed. Fortunately, you can depend on Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate/ Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac since Xbox One S 500G/1TB/2TB is included in its output. Why we called this program as the best 4K H.265 to Xbox One S/4K TV video converter? Because it can convert those Xbox unsupported video formats for playback smoothly with three clicks on the mouse. Besides 4K H.265 to Xbox One S, this powerful converter also supports converting MP4, AVI, DVD, Blu-ray, MXF, XAVC, etc to Xbox One S/4K TV supported formats quickly.

To get the best video playback settings for Xbox One S for 4K TV, you can either use the program to direct output Xbox One S preset profile formats with all the optimized playback settings or output Xbox One playable formats listed above and then adjust the output profile settings such as video codec, resolution, frame rate, bit rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate or channels.

How to Stream and Play Unsupported 4K Video on Xbox One S/4K TV?

Step 1: Load 4K source files.

Start the program on your computer, click “File” > “Load Video/Audio” or “Load from folder” button to import incompatible 4K video files into the program.

Step 2: Set output file format.

Click “Format” bar, from its drop-down options, select one of Xbox One S supported file formats such as “H.264 HD Video(*mp4)” frop “HD Video” main category. or you can choose output Xbox One S optimized profile settings by following “Zune/Xbox 360 Device” > “Xbox 360 HD Video(*.wmv)” which can also work on Xbox One S/4K TV playable formats.